The problem with [email protected] is that it may feel [email protected] to the parent , the kid may not buy into - that the earn to get - economic relationship is logical and the way to love kids. I prefer to be an...

I recommend checking out the collaborative problem solving approach - see Ross Greene's livesinthebalnce site. The philosophy is children do well if they can and not if they want to so no rewards or...

For some Gentle discp comes easy because our kids are easy wired and maybe natural for us, but most it has taken a paradigm shift and the understanding that parenting and education is a process that...

Hi,
I am the one here who recommends taking a look at Ross Greene's cps - collaborative problem solving approach. best to solve problems out of the moment. Focus on problems - not behaviors . Start...

I like the suggestion above - getting him involved in something before you start with the younger kid or having the younger kid take a nap in a pram while you walk
Out of the moment when you have a...